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Sweaty, Serengeti, Spaghetti…Tiny Yeti!

You all made my morning very difficult with so many fantastic Tiny Yeti rhymes to choose from! Fortunately John helped out, and we decided on TWO winners of our Tiny Yet Rhyme-off.

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Oh, no! said the tiny white yeti,
I awoke in the wide Serengeti!
The wildebeests here
Have nothing to fear
‘Cause I can’t make a move; I’m too sweaty!

That’s from Laura!

And our other winner:

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The sweet tiny yeti
Feeling kind of petty
Went to his mother for aid.

No knitter was he
Though he wished he could be
For he was very, very afraid.

“White” he cried!
Is so easily dyed!
Which why I can only eat beans.

But out there he knew
Just out of his view
Was a world of exotic cuisines.

A plethora of berries
Big bright red cherries
All looked to be to his taste.

But the stains they’d impose
Upon his white clothes
Would leave him most disgraced.

The solution however
He felt was most clever
And for it his mother was key.

Just simple knit sweater
Would remove his fetters
He stood and solemnly decreed.

So she worked both day and night
Though she felt the sweater might
Leave her son quite sweaty.

But the tiny yeti felt
It was wonderfully svelte
For he was finally able to eat spaghetti!

That Tiny Yeti tale is by Mariette!

Oh, I just noticed that both of our winners used “sweaty” to rhyme with Yeti. I guess there’s something about a sweaty yeti that is adorable.

For their creative yeti stories and deft rhyming, Laura and Mariette each get a Tiny Santa Kit!

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There were so many other superb rhymes in the comments—definitely worth reading if you’re a yeti fan!

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See this post for the winning rhymes by Laura and Mariette!

I took a quick break from piano knitting this morning to fashion this snowy little guy!

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I don’t know if yetis typically have horns, but this one told me he needed them for opening cans of beans.

Let’s put a twist on our regular caption contest, and have a Tiny Yeti Rhyme-off! Give us your cutest, scariest, silliest Tiny Yeti rhyme in the comments, and we’ll pick our favorite on Monday to win…

A Tiny Santa Kit!

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National Knit a Piano Week

A couple of days ago I had the idea to try knitting a piano. Once I got into it, my to-do list for the week went out the window, because now it is National Knit a Piano Week in this household.

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Many questions have arisen in the process. What is the best non-boring color for a piano? How many keys should a silly nonrealistic representation of a piano have? And of course: lid or no lid?? (That last one has yet to be resolved.)

In my tiny designs, I aspire to make everything as simple as possible, which is a fun challenge. It’s also fun to go a bit in the opposite direction sometimes, and try to make something that involves some geometry and math. (Not swatching, though. Let’s not get carried away.)

Probably by the end of the week I’ll know if this piano has potential for a pattern, or if it was just a fun experiment in knitted instruments. I’ll keep you updated!

Tiny Kits in Creative Knitting

Hey look—My Tiny Kits are featured in the January issue of Creative Knitting!

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I’m thrilled to see my little Tiny Burger in print. It’s so cool that he caught the eye of a magazine! Thank you, Creative Knitting!

And I agree that the kits make nifty gifts for knitters—you can find all seven kits, each of which knits up two or more Tiny Mochis, in the Mochimochi Shop! We’ve been shipping out quite a few for the holidays this month. For people in the US, order by December 20th (and choose Priority mail) for delivery by the 24th.

We also wholesale the kits, so if your LYS doesn’t carry them, please encourage them to get in touch!

The Mochi of Oz

Even though it didn’t make it into the finals, Hippycritical’s Dorothy and her friends got lots of love in the semifinalist round of the photo contest.

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What you probably didn’t know is that Hippycritical (aka Aimee) made a whole mochi-fied cast of characters from The Wizard of Oz!

Wicked Witch and her Monkeys

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Munchkins (knitted on size 0 needles)

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And the Yellow Brick Road, of course!

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You can see more photos from the series on Aimee’s Flickr page. Kudos to her for such creativity and clever pattern mods!

Luv-able & Hug-able Pics

So much is going on this month, but I’m finally getting around to posting a couple of photos from this year’s “Luv-able & Hug-able” plush show at gallery hanahou!

I went to the opening on December 1st, and I was happy to see so many awesome plushes to see, of all types and species! Unfortunately I did not think ahead—I only had my phone with me to take photos with, and that stopped working after just a few shots because I had stupidly filled it up with music and it quickly ran out of space…

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The Cotton Monster “Squidys” hanging from the ceiling tied everything together very nicely!

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Aren’t those foxes by Mimi Kirchner just the coolest? I also loved all the details on the plushes by Them Dollz. You can see my Twiggins hanging out on the back wall!

I couldn’t resist buying a couple of small plushes myself, but I’ll resist posting their photos for now because they’ll probably become Christmas gifts and I don’t want to spoil the surprise…

Lots of the plushes in the show have found homes now, but lots are still available! You can download the PDF catalog at the gallery website. And the show is up through January 6th—definitely worth stopping by in person if you’re in NYC!

Tiny Wreath Needs a Smaller Door

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Just how did this ridiculously tiny Tiny Wreath come to be?

A knitter allergic to holiday greens
Wanted a wreath for her door.
She started to knit like a knitting machine,
Sitting while knitting some more.
But when it was finished
Excitement diminished
As she went berserk as she looked at her work:
Instead of using a proper-size yarn
She had knitted with finger-weight yarn!
This wreath, on her door, could barely be seen!
So in frustration,
In pure desperation,
She decided to knit a nativity scene.

That awesome Tiny Wreath poem is by Lydia! For her very merry caption, she wins this adorable holiday tape measure from Tomo and Timo!

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Thank you to Tomo for supplying the prize this week! Check out her Etsy shop to see more very cute tape measures, which would make perfect stocking stuffers for crafty types!

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Winning caption by Lydia:

A knitter allergic to holiday greens
Wanted a wreath for her door.
She started to knit like a knitting machine,
Sitting while knitting some more.
But when it was finished
Excitement diminished
As she went berserk as she looked at her work:
Instead of using a proper-size yarn
She had knitted with finger-weight yarn!
This wreath, on her door, could barely be seen!
So in frustration,
In pure desperation,
She decided to knit a nativity scene.

Today’s Tiny Mochi was inspired by our first place winner in the photo contest!

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This little guy might not show up so well on your front door, but he still wants to bring holiday cheer somehow!

It’s time for a Tiny Wreath caption contest! Leave your caption in the comments to this post (one per person please), and we’ll pick our favorite on Monday to win…

This adorable holiday tape measure from Tomo and Timo!

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Great prize, right? Thank you to Tomo of Tomo and Timo for contributing it! Now let’s hear those captions!